David Bruce Pulling
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Corporal

David Bruce Pulling

Delaware State Police — Dover, DE
Accident
End of Watch November 18, 1987
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Pulling was killed during an explosives training exercise in Huntsville, Alabama. Corporal Pulling was attending the course, instructed by the FBI, in order to become a bomb technician for the Delaware State Police. During the training an explosive device he was handling detonated, causing fatal injuries.

Survivors

Corporal Pulling was survived by his wife, two sons and parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Pulling served with the Delaware State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Delaware. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Pulling.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type State Police
Location Dover, Kent County, DE
Platform Identity dsp.de.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 18, 1987
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

David is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1987, 76 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 35th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

David was 31. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Delaware State Police has 21 officers remembered here, David among them.

Corporal David Bruce Pulling

Delaware State Police · End of Watch November 18, 1987

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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